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Selecting & Playing Voices

Reference

Selecting Voices

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Press one of the Voice buttons.
Two different Voices are assigned to each Voice button. You can switch
between them by pressing the [VARIATION] button. After the [Grand Piano]
is pressed, for example, turning on [VARIATION] will call up the Grand Piano
2 Voice while turning off [VARIATION] will call up the Grand Piano 1 Voice.
Voice Button
GRAND
PIANO
VARIATION
E.PIANO
VARIATION
PIPE ORGAN
VARIATION
STRINGS/
VIBES
VARIATION
HARPSI-
CHORD
VARIATION
2
Adjust the volume.
Rotate the [MASTER VOLUME] dial to set the most comfortable listening
level during your performance.
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Voice Name
Recorded samples from a full concert grand piano.
Grand Piano 1 Perfect for classical compositions as well as any
other style that requires acoustic piano.
Clear piano with bright reverb. Good for popular
Grand Piano 2
music.
An electronic piano sound created by FM synthesis.
E. Piano 1
Good for popular music.
The sound of an electric piano using hammer-struck
E. Piano 2 metallic "tines." Soft tone when played lightly, and an
aggressive tone when played hard.
This is a typical pipe organ sound (8' + 4' + 2'). Good
Pipe Organ 1
for sacred music from the Baroque period.
This is the organ's full coupler sound, often associ-
Pipe Organ 2
ated with Bach's "Toccata and Fugue."
Spacious and large-scale string ensemble. Try com-
Strings
bining this Voice with piano in DUAL.
The sound of a vibraphone played with relatively soft
Vibraphone
mallets.
The definitive instrument for baroque music. Since
Harpsichord 1 the strings of a harpsichord are plucked, there is no
touch response.
Mixes the same Voice an octave higher for a more
Harpsichord 2
brilliant, dynamic tone.
Description
NOTE
To familiarize yourself with the character-
istics of the Voices, listen to the Voice
Demo Songs for each Voice (page 12).
TERMINOLOGY
Voice:
The term "Voice" refers to a musical
instrument sound built into the Digital
Musical Instrument.
NOTE
When you select a Voice, an appropriate
reverb type will be selected automatically
(page 16).